Milecastle 19

Turret 19B[edit]

Turret 19B (West Clarewood) also lies beneath the modern Military Road, with no visible remains, and was excavated in 1932.^[13] This turret was constructed mainly with clay rather than mortar and has wider walls than normally found on narrow wall turrets, being 2.97 metres (9.7 ft) thick.^[5] The door was proven to lie at the western end of the south wall and a small and uninscribed altar was discovered beneath a floor of flagstones.^[5][13] The altar showed reliefs of a jug, cleaver, knife and phallus and was located below the last surviving floor level.^[14] East of the turret gaps are once more noticeable in the southern mound of the vallum.^[5] The turret is thought to have been abandoned during the 2nd century AD.^[5] Turret 19B was scheduled by English Heritage along with the milecastle, the altar is scheduled separately ^[13]

Location on Ordnance Survey 1:25 000 map: 55.012310°N 1.964474°W

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